The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall. The competition was won by Portugal's Porto, who defeated Monaco of France 3–0 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany for Portugal's first win since 1987. This was Porto's second European trophy in two years, following their UEFA Cup success from the previous season. This was the first UEFA Champions League competition to feature a 16-team knockout round instead of a second group stage.
2003–04 UEFA Champions League
The final was played at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Deportivo La Coruña in the quarter-finals.
Qualification
A total of 72 teams from 48 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own domestic league) as well as Andorra and San Marino are not participating. Also not admitted was Azerbaijan, which was suspended by UEFA. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams.
Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 16–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) each have one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2002 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1997–98 to 2001–02.[1]
Since the title holders (Milan) also qualified for the Champions League Third qualifying round through their domestic league, one Third qualifying round spot was vacated. Due to this, as well as due to suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the default access list are made:
The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Slovenia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (20 teams)
20 champions from associations 29–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino)
Second qualifying round (28 teams)
12 champions from associations 17–28
6 runners-up from associations 10–15
10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (32 teams)
7 champions from associations 10–16
3 runners-up from associations 7–9
5 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 (except Italy)
3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage (32 teams)
1 current Champions League title holder (Milan)
9 champions from associations 1–9
6 runners-up from associations 1–6
16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase (16 teams)
8 group winners from the group stage
8 group runners-up from the group stage
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Group stage
Real Madrid (1st)
Manchester United (1st)
Lyon (1st)
PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Real Sociedad (2nd)
Arsenal (2nd)
Monaco (2nd)
Beşiktaş (1st)
Juventus (1st)
Bayern Munich (1st)
Olympiacos (1st)
Porto (1st)
Internazionale (2nd)
VfB Stuttgart (2nd)
Panathinaikos (2nd)
Milan (3rd)TH
Third qualifying round
Deportivo La Coruña (3rd)
Borussia Dortmund (3rd)
Benfica (2nd)
Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Celta de Vigo (4th)
Marseille (3rd)
Lokomotiv Moscow (1st)
Club Brugge (1st)
Lazio (4th)
AEK Athens (3rd)
Sparta Prague (1st)
Austria Wien (1st)
Newcastle United (3rd)
Ajax (2nd)
Rangers (1st)
Grasshopper (1st)
Chelsea (4th)
Galatasaray (2nd)
Second qualifying round
CSKA Moscow (2nd)
GAK (2nd)
Copenhagen (1st)
CSKA Sofia (1st)
Slavia Prague (2nd)
Rosenborg (1st)
Djurgården (1st)
Rapid București (1st)
Celtic (2nd)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)
Partizan (1st)
MTK Budapest (1st)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)
Dinamo Zagreb (1st)
Žilina (1st)
Maribor (1st)
Anderlecht (2nd)
Wisła Kraków (1st)
First qualifying round
Omonia (1st)
KR (1st)
Sliema Wanderers (1st)
Glentoran (1st)
HJK (1st)
BATE Borisov (1st)
Barry Town (1st)
Tirana (1st)
Skonto (1st)
FBK Kaunas (1st)
Flora Tallinn (1st)
HB (1st)
Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)
Bohemians (1st)
Leotar (1st)
Grevenmacher (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)
Vardar (1st)
Pyunik (1st)
Irtysh Pavlodar (1st)
Notes
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Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as no domestic league took place in 2002–03 season and AFFA was suspended by UEFA as a result of ongoing conflict between the clubs and federation. [2]
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[3]
Phase
Round
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Qualifying
First qualifying round
20 June 2003
16 July 2003
23 July 2003
Second qualifying round
30 July 2003
6 August 2003
Third qualifying round
25 July 2003
12–13 August 2003
26–27 August 2003
Group stage
Matchday 1
28 August 2003 (Monaco)
16–17 September 2003
Matchday 2
30 September – 1 October 2003
Matchday 3
21–22 October 2003
Matchday 4
4–5 November 2003
Matchday 5
25–26 November 2003
Matchday 6
9–10 December 2003
Knockout phase
Round of 16
12 December 2003
24–25 February 2004
9–10 March 2004
Quarter-finals
12 March 2004
23–24 March 2004
6–7 April 2004
Semi-finals
20–21 April 2004
4–5 May 2004
Final
26 May 2004 at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Pyunik
2–1
KR
1–0
1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol
2–1
Flora Tallinn
1–0
1–1
HB
1–5
FBK Kaunas
0–1
1–4
BATE Borisov
1–3
Bohemians
1–0
0–3
Vardar
4–2
Barry Town
3–0
1–2
Grevenmacher
0–2
Leotar
0–0
0–2
Glentoran
0–1
HJK
0–0
0–1
Sliema Wanderers
3–3 (a)
Skonto
2–0
1–3
Omonia
2–1
Irtysh Pavlodar
0–0
2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi
3–3 (2–4 p)
KF Tirana
3–0
0–3 (aet)
Second qualifying round
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
MTK
3–2
HJK
3–1
0–1
Pyunik
0–3
CSKA Sofia
0–2
0–1
FBK Kaunas
0–5
Celtic
0–4
0–1
Leotar
1–4
Slavia Prague
1–2
0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol
0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk
0–0
0–2
Žilina
2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv
1–0
1–1
Bohemians
0–5
Rosenborg
0–1
0–4
Maribor
2–3
Dinamo Zagreb
1–1
1–2
CSKA Moscow
2–3
Vardar
1–2
1–1
Rapid Bucureşti
2–3
Anderlecht
0–0
2–3
Partizan
3–3 (a)
Djurgården
1–1
2–2
Wisła Kraków
7–4
Omonia
5–2
2–2
Copenhagen
10–1
Sliema Wanderers
4–1
6–0
KF Tirana
2–7
GAK
1–5
1–2
Third qualifying round
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Vardar
4–5
Sparta Prague
2–3
2–2
MTK
0–5
Celtic
0–4
0–1
Rangers
3–2
Copenhagen
1–1
2–1
Austria Wien
0–1
Marseille
0–1
0–0
Club Brugge
3–3 (4–2 p)
Borussia Dortmund
2–1
1–2 (aet)
Shakhtar Donetsk
2–3
Lokomotiv Moscow
1–0
1–3
Lazio
4–1
Benfica
3–1
1–0
Dynamo Kyiv
5–1
Dinamo Zagreb
3–1
2–0
Rosenborg
0–1
Deportivo La Coruña
0–0
0–1
Grasshopper
2–3
AEK Athens
1–0
1–3
MŠK Žilina
0–5
Chelsea
0–2
0–3
Celta Vigo
3–2
Slavia Prague
3–0
0–2
Partizan
1–1 (4–3 p)
Newcastle United
0–1
1–0 (aet)
Galatasaray
6–0
CSKA Sofia
3–0
3–0
Anderlecht
4–1
Wisła Kraków
3–1
1–0
GAK
2–3
Ajax
1–1
1–2 (aet)
Group stage
Anderlecht
Brugge
Sparta
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man. United
Real Madrd
Celta
Sociedad
Deportivo
Marseille
Monaco
Lyon
Bayern
Stuttgart
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
AEK
Lazio
Juventus
Milan
Internazionale
PSV
Ajax
Porto
Lokomotiv
Celtic
Rangers
Partizan
Beşiktaş
Galatasaray
Dynamo
Location of teams of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage. Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.
Title holders, 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 9 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams advanced to the Third Round of the UEFA Cup.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, were applied in the following order:
Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
Total goals scored in all group matches.
Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.
Real Sociedad, Celta Vigo, Stuttgart and Partizan made their debut appearance in the group stage. This season became the first in the history of the Champions League in which three Greek clubs will play in the group stage
Group A
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
OL
BAY
CEL
AND
1
Lyon
6
3
1
2
7
7
0
10
Advance to knockout stage
—
1–1
3–2
1–0
2
Bayern Munich
6
2
3
1
6
5
+1
9
1–2
—
2–1
1–0
3
Celtic
6
2
1
3
8
7
+1
7
Transfer to UEFA Cup
2–0
0–0
—
3–1
4
Anderlecht
6
2
1
3
4
6
−2
7
1–0
1–1
1–0
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
ARS
LM
INT
DK
1
Arsenal
6
3
1
2
9
6
+3
10
Advance to knockout stage
—
2–0
0–3
1–0
2
Lokomotiv Moscow
6
2
2
2
7
7
0
8
0–0
—
3–0
3–2
3
Internazionale
6
2
2
2
8
11
−3
8
Transfer to UEFA Cup
1–5
1–1
—
2–1
4
Dynamo Kyiv
6
2
1
3
8
8
0
7
2–1
2–0
1–1
—
Source: [1]
Group C
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
MON
DEP
PSV
AEK
1
Monaco
6
3
2
1
15
6
+9
11
Advance to knockout stage
—
8–3
1–1
4–0
2
Deportivo La Coruña
6
3
1
2
12
12
0
10
1–0
—
2–0
3–0
3
PSV Eindhoven
6
3
1
2
8
7
+1
10
Transfer to UEFA Cup
1–2
3–2
—
2–0
4
AEK Athens
6
0
2
4
1
11
−10
2
0–0
1–1
0–1
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group D
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
JUV
RSO
GAL
OLY
1
Juventus
6
4
1
1
15
6
+9
13
Advance to knockout stage
—
4–2
2–1
7–0
2
Real Sociedad
6
2
3
1
8
8
0
9
0–0
—
1–1
1–0
3
Galatasaray
6
2
1
3
6
8
−2
7
Transfer to UEFA Cup
2–0
1–2
—
1–0
4
Olympiacos
6
1
1
4
6
13
−7
4
1–2
2–2
3–0
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group E
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
MU
STU
PAN
RAN
1
Manchester United
6
5
0
1
13
2
+11
15
Advance to knockout stage
—
2–0
5–0
3–0
2
Stuttgart
6
4
0
2
9
6
+3
12
2–1
—
2–0
1–0
3
Panathinaikos
6
1
1
4
5
13
−8
4
Transfer to UEFA Cup
0–1
1–3
—
1–1
4
Rangers
6
1
1
4
4
10
−6
4
0–1
2–1
1–3
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group F
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
RM
POR
OM
PAR
1
Real Madrid
6
4
2
0
11
5
+6
14
Advance to knockout stage
—
1–1
4–2
1–0
2
Porto
6
3
2
1
9
8
+1
11
1–3
—
1–0
2–1
3
Marseille
6
1
1
4
9
11
−2
4
Transfer to UEFA Cup
1–2
2–3
—
3–0
4
Partizan
6
0
3
3
3
8
−5
3
0–0
1–1
1–1
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group G
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
CHE
SP
BJK
LAZ
1
Chelsea
6
4
1
1
9
3
+6
13
Advance to knockout stage
—
0–0
0–2
2–1
2
Sparta Prague
6
2
2
2
5
5
0
8
0–1
—
2–1
1–0
3
Beşiktaş
6
2
1
3
5
7
−2
7
Transfer to UEFA Cup
0–2
1–0
—
0–2
4
Lazio
6
1
2
3
6
10
−4
5
0–4
2–2
1–1
—
Source: [citation needed]
Group H
Pos
Team
v
t
e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
MIL
CEL
BRU
AJA
1
Milan
6
3
1
2
4
3
+1
10
Advance to knockout stage
—
1–2
0–1
1–0
2
Celta Vigo
6
2
3
1
7
6
+1
9
0–0
—
1–1
3–2
3
Club Brugge
6
2
2
2
5
6
−1
8
Transfer to UEFA Cup
0–1
1–1
—
2–1
4
Ajax
6
2
0
4
6
7
−1
6
0–1
1–0
2–0
—
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Bayern Munich
1
0
1
Real Madrid
1
1
2
Real Madrid
4
1
5
Monaco (a)
2
3
5
Lokomotiv Moscow
2
0
2
Monaco (a)
1
1
2
Monaco
3
2
5
Chelsea
1
2
3
VfB Stuttgart
0
0
0
Chelsea
1
0
1
Chelsea
1
2
3
Arsenal
1
1
2
Celta Vigo
2
0
2
Arsenal
3
2
5
Monaco
0
Porto
3
Porto
2
1
3
Manchester United
1
1
2
Porto
2
2
4
Lyon
0
2
2
Real Sociedad
0
0
0
Lyon
1
1
2
Porto
0
1
1
Deportivo La Coruña
0
0
0
Sparta Prague
0
1
1
Milan
0
4
4
Milan
4
0
4
Deportivo La Coruña
1
4
5
Deportivo La Coruña
1
1
2
Juventus
0
0
0
Round of 16
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Bayern Munich
1–2
Real Madrid
1–1
0–1
Celta Vigo
2–5
Arsenal
2–3
0–2
Deportivo La Coruña
2–0
Juventus
1–0
1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow
2–2 (a)
Monaco
2–1
0–1
Porto
3–2
Manchester United
2–1
1–1
Real Sociedad
0–2
Lyon
0–1
0–1
Sparta Prague
1–4
Milan
0–0
1–4
VfB Stuttgart
0–1
Chelsea
0–1
0–0
Quarter-finals
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Chelsea
3–2
Arsenal
1–1
2–1
Milan
4–5
Deportivo La Coruña
4–1
0–4
Porto
4–2
Lyon
2–0
2–2
Real Madrid
5–5 (a)
Monaco
4–2
1–3
Semi-finals
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Monaco
5–3
Chelsea
3–1
2–2
Porto
1–0
Deportivo La Coruña
0–0
1–0
Final
As winners of the competition, Porto went on to represent Europe at the 2004 Intercontinental Cup.
Monaco
0–3
Porto
Report
Carlos Alberto 39' Deco 71' Alenichev 75'
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 53,200
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark)
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers
Rank
Player
Team
Goals
Minutes played
1
Fernando Morientes
Monaco
9
1026
2
Dado Pršo
Monaco
7
512
3
Roy Makaay
Bayern Munich
6
720
Walter Pandiani
Deportivo La Coruña
6
773
5
Didier Drogba
Marseille
5
515
Hakan Şükür
Galatasaray
5
539
Juninho
Lyon
5
799
Thierry Henry
Arsenal
5
888
9
David Trezeguet
Juventus
4
359
Wesley Sonck
Ajax
4
401
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manchester United
4
596
Albert Luque
Deportivo La Coruña
4
640
Benni McCarthy
Porto
4
643
Ronaldo
Real Madrid
4
729
Andriy Shevchenko
Milan
4
765
Kaká
Milan
4
780
Ludovic Giuly
Monaco
4
783
Robert Pires
Arsenal
4
852
Frank Lampard
Chelsea
4
1035
Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 26 May 2004 (after match)
Top assists
Rank
Player
Team
Assists
Minutes played
1
Deco
Porto
6
1060
Jérôme Rothen
Monaco
6
1073
3
Thierry Henry
Arsenal
5
890
4
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Chelsea
4
559
Ryan Giggs
Manchester United
4
679
Florent Malouda
Lyon
4
703
Ludovic Giuly
Monaco
4
789
Cafu
Milan
4
808
Source:[4]
See also
2003–04 UEFA Cup
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup
References
^"UEFA Country Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
^Azerbaijan 2002/03 at RSSSF
^"UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies.
^"Statistics — Tournament phase — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
External links
2003–04 All matches – season at UEFA website
2003–04 season at UEFA website
European Club Results at RSSSF
All scorers 2003–04 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
2003/04 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive)
"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2003/04" (PDF). August 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2003. Retrieved 16 July 2008.